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Fall River, Mass., Thursday, July 18, 1963
Vol. 7, No. 30 ©
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North Dighton Parish
Plans Golden Jubilee
BLESSING OF CAPE CHURCH: Bishop Connolly blesses the exterior of the new Our Lady of the Cape Church; Brewster, with Rev. Joseph A. Nolin, M.S. pastor, as deacon, and Joseph Lowther a~ altar boy.
Pennsylvania Public Schools
Offer Religion As Subject
. The Most Reverend Bishop will preside at a Solemn· ?!fass of Thanksgiving at 5 Sunday afternoon, Sept. 8 at St. Joseph's Church, North Dighton. The event will'mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the parish. The Bishop's Chaplains will be Rev. Fran parish, Taunton. A house Oil tis McCarthy, pastor of St. Lincoln Avenue, ever since PHILADELPHIA (NC) - Religion will be studied as an academi« subject in some Patrick's Church, Somerset; known as "the Church House," and Very Rev. Thomas was u~d for services until 1913, Pennsylvania· public schools this Fall, but there will be no· religious exercises' in the.. Walsh, pastor of St. John's when the Catholic population schools. This policy was outlined by Charles H. Boehn, state superintendent of publie Church, Attleboro, both former' had grown sufficiently to war instruction, who said the academic study of religion would be included in two new pro rant the erection of St. Joseph's. pastors of St. Joseph's. grams - one a humanities Under the guidance of, Father Rev. Leo M. Curry, present pastor, will celebrate the Mass, DeMello, as first pastor, the program called "Universal, assisted by Rev. Edwin Loew as "Church House" was sold and Issues in Human Life" and deacon and Rev. Lester L. Hull preparations made for the build the other considering reli
es subdeacon. Rev. James Lyona
will be master of ceremonies. Seated in the sanctuary will be Rev. Emmanuel Souza De Mello. first pastor of St. Joseph's end Rev. William Dolan, also a former pastor. Rev. William O' Connell, assistant at St. Law rence Church, New Bedford, and first priest ordained from St. ,Joseph's, will preach. A dinner will follow the ?,fass, • 6:30. Rev. Donald McInnis, C.P., former North Dighton resi dent, will speak, as will Bishop Connolly. :Before' St. Joseph's parish was erected, North Dighton Catho Me. were served by ~acred Heart
Serra Charters 21 New Clubs In One Year , SAN FRANCISCO (NC) _ Twenty-one new Serra dubs were chartered last year and 60 more are in the process of formation, Fred J. Wagner, outgoing president of Serra International,' bas re ported. ''Our position is basically ~und-the condition is pleasing, if not completely satisfying," he aid, noting that complete satis faction would be the realization of the ideals of the Serra move ment throughout the world. .Serra International now has 10,300 members in 11 different countries, and four of the 21 new ehapters were chartered outside of the U.S., he said. "Our work in South America progressed slowly - perhaps too slowly - but, we believe, very efficiently," he said. A chapter 'was formed in Santiago, Chile, ,and one in Bogota, Colombia, he said, and past experience had demon strated the advantages of pru dent selection of members who would fulfill the obligations of • Serrano Requiring members to be really active actually streng thened the clubs, he said, de ~ite a drop in membership. "Emphasis on the spiritual is elemental if Serra is to continue to grow and prosper," he told the more than 1,000 gathered following a Solemn Pontifical Mass celebrated by Archbishop lose ph T. McGucken of San Francisco.
ing of a church. Meanwhile Mass was celebrated on weekdays and holydays in the rectory, while Sunday services were held in area halls. Father DeMello also served th.e people of South Dighton be fore that area had its own par ish of St. Peter's. Present par": ish boundaries take· in North Dighton and parts' of Dighton, Taunton and Rehoboth. Rev. John E. de Valles suc ceeded Father DeMello as pas tor in 1917, but left after a 'few months to· serve in the armed forces. His successor, Rev. Simon A. O'Rourke, also left for the same reason. He too served St. Joseph's but a few months. . The next pastor, Rev. John Doyle, served four years, until 1921. Following him and remain ing a't St. Joseph's 10 years was Rev. Thomas Trainor. He formu. lated plans for a perman~nt church and directed a fund raising drive for its erection. In 1932, the depths of the depresTurn to Page Nineteen
gion as a social institution 'and called "Introduction to Social Studies." The U.S. Supreme Court in a June 17 decision ruled out Bible reading and recitation of the Lord's Prayer in public schools on the grounds that such exer cises in schools are an uncon stitutional establishment of reli gion. The decision applied specifically to public schools in Pennsylvania and Maryland. Boehm said the aim of the two new programs will be to inculcate "moral and ethical values" in students. He said the programs will be introduced in a limited number of high schools. He said academic teaching' about 'religion in public schools is justified on the basis of the Supreme Court's June 17 deci sion, which contained a passage stating: "It might well be said that one's education is not complete without a study of comparative 'Turn to Page Nineteen
Cardinal Spellman Brands Discrimination 'Outrage'
NEW YQRK (NC) - Francis Cardinal Spellman told a Harlem audience that racial discrimination is an outrage and that the nation must have civil rights legislation. The Archbishop of New York, who got enthusiastic applause from an audience of about priest who had been active ia 500 at a civic ceremony,· civic· movements in the neigh added,· however, that legis borhood. The project, named for Msgr. lation is not the complete answer to race prejudice. "We need civil rights measures enacted into law; but we also need the attitudes of justice and charity to be applied by every p.erson in our society to the con crete proplems of hQusing, em ployment and education. ,"This is the challenge which 1963 has set, squarely before us and it must at all costs be faced and solved," he said. Cardinal Spellman participated with city officials in the dedi cation of a pubIc housing pro ject, named in honor of a white
Says Supreme Court Cannot Outlaw God 'They Are Only Men and God Is God' SAN FRANCISCO (NC) James Francis Cardinal McIn. tyre asserted here that the U.S. Supreme Court in its controver sial rulings banning prayer and Bible reading in the nation's public schools attempted the im possible - to "separate truth from the spirit of truth." "God cannot be outlawed even by the Supreme Court. They are only men and God is God," the Archbishop of Los Angeles told the closing session of the 21st Serra International convention. Cardinal McIntyre said the Bible story of Christ's discussion with the Samaritan women at Jacob's well illustrated the prin_ ciple that "you cannot separate truth from the spirit of truth." "The U.S. Supreme Court has attempted to do this very thing," the Cardinal said. "Therein lies the obvious fallacy in the recent decisions regarding the recita tion of the Lord's Prayer and the reading of the Bible in pUb lic schools and the earlier decis ion in the case of the State of New York. You cannot separate truth from the spirit of truth." The court's decisions are not
based on actually enacted law, but on "psychological interpre-
HEADS SERRANS: Mat thew H. McCloskey, III, of Philadelphia is the new pres ident of the organization founded in 1938 to foster and assist in the education of young men for the priest hood. NC Photo.
tations of a pragmatic and secu larist philosophy applied to a changing. social concept," he continued. "One might venture to say that the court unduly expanded itself and therefore required 80,000 words to forbid the ack nowledgment of the existance of God in public schools," Card inal McIntyre said. "It would seem that the real issue is the relation between Church and State - to use the expression common in our time. It is not a good expression, nor an accurate one. The relationship between these two aspects of human life is better described as the relationship b,etween gov ernment and religion." The Cardinal said the expres sion "wall of sparation between Church and State" has been mis appropriated and continues in use despite refutation by emi nent scholars. The nation's founding 'fa,thers were well informed on the question of Church and State, he said, and "were quite sensitive to the haz ards to peace that arose from Turn to Page Twelve
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Holy Name Sets National Meet For August 21 Holy Name Society members will hold a national convention Wednesday through Sunday, Aug. 21 through 25, in Buffalo. Theme will be "The Holy Name Man and Apostolic Action." Representatives from the Fall River Diocese will be led by Rev. Henry R. Canuel, pastor of Sacred Heart Parish, New Bed ford, .and Diocesan Director of the Holy Name Society. Father Canuel notes that the convention "provides an' oppor tunity for the Catholic layman of North America to study, dis cuss, plan and carry back to his 'parish and Diocese more efTurn to Page Twelve
Vine'entians Meet At Camp Sunday Plans for ,the annual retreat for Ozanam Sunday will be discussed at the general meet ing of Fall River Particular Council, St. Vincent de Paul So ciety, to be held at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the camp in Westport. Members have been urged to attend and have been invited to bring their families with them to enjoy the camp's facilities. The Feast of St. Vincent de Paul will be observed tomorrow. Members have been requested to attend Mass and receive Holy 'Communion in their parish church either on the feast day or within the octave. A plenary indulgence may be gained by those who comply with this rule of the societ)'. an~